Fly Trap

Name: Fly Trap
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Frances Hardinge
ISBN: 9781094086040

Author: Frances Hardinge

Narrator: Cassie Layton

Unabridged: 14 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/07/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are at it again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, a strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, it’s host to rogues and villains.Wherever there’s a plot, there’s sure to be treachery, and wherever there’s treachery, there’s sure to be trouble—and where there’s trouble, well, Clent, Mosca, and Saracen can’t be far behind. But as past deeds catch up with them and old enemies appear, this time it seems as if there’s no way out.

About Frances Hardinge

Frances Hardinge is the winner of the 2015 Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree, one of just two young adult novels to win this major UK literary prize. She is the author of several books for young people, including Cuckoo Song, A Face Like Glass, Verdigris Deep, and A Skinful of Shadows. She lives in England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy

As I see it, reviewing a sequel is a peculiar enterprise. One can hardly review a book without suggesting to the reader that they read the previous novel as well. And in the rare case where the sequel is better than its predecessor, one’s positive review is sort of moot if it seems as though it’s re......more

Goodreads review by Daria

Mosca Mye, Eponymous Clent, and "winged warzone" Saracen are good at what they do. They're in the business of Stretching the Truth and Then Running Like Hell. Mosca and Clent, whose principal love is the spoken and written word, like to use one word too many. And we all know that using one word too......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

Despite the fine writing and imaginative setting, I didn't like this one. Having DNF-ed Fly by Night, I probably had no business reading the sequel. It turns out that I still don't find our main characters Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent compelling, either alone or as a pair of miscreants with secret......more

Quotes

“[Hardinge] has a gift for well-turned prose…she again gives this winning trio a chance to show their better natures while surviving (often causing) trickery, betrayal, fires, riots and social upheaval.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Readers can look forward to a great story in this exceptionally clever novel, rich in descriptive language with colorful, quick-witted characters to match, where they will feel as if they are being transported into this topsy-turvy realm with epic flair.” VOYA (starred review)

“A satisfying sequel…Hours of sustained pleasure reading await.” The Horn Book

“Another high-quality, thought-provoking fantastic adventure that will keep readers’ interest.” School Library Journal

“A satisfying sequel…Hours of sustained pleasure reading await the patient reader.” The Horn Book

“Hardinge’s world is rich enough to fuel two or three fantasy novels. It’s a beautifully written tale, by turns humorous and heartbreaking and a sheer pleasure to read.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Readers can look forward to a great story in this exceptionally clever novel, rich in descriptive language with colorful, quick-witted characters to match.” VOYA (starred review)